Bitcoin Miner MARA Moves $87 Million BTC to Various Trading Desks and Exchanges: Arkham
Marathon Digital (MARA) moved 1,318 BTC—about $87 million—across several counterparties within ten hours, according to Arkham data. The bulk of the transfer, over 660 BTC, went to Two Prime, a credit and trading firm, while sizable amounts were sent to BitGo‑tagged addresses and a newly created wallet. The timing coincides with a sharp market sell‑off that has pushed Bitcoin nearly 20% below miners’ average production cost. Analysts view the moves as a potential liquidity or collateral maneuver rather than an immediate spot‑sale signal.
U.S.-Iran Warning Resurfaces Ahead of Nuclear Talks, Further Pressuring Bitcoin and Crypto Markets
A U.S. advisory urging Americans to leave Iran has resurfaced as Washington and Tehran prepare for nuclear talks in Oman. The warning, originally issued in mid‑January, adds fresh geopolitical risk to an already volatile crypto market experiencing forced liquidations. Bitcoin’s...
Tether Buys $150 Million Stake in Gold.com to Boost Tokenized Gold Distribution
Tether has invested $150 million for a 12 % minority stake in Gold.com, a platform that offers both physical and tokenized gold. The deal will see Tether’s gold‑backed token XAUT integrated into Gold.com’s infrastructure, and the partners will explore buying physical bullion...
U.S. Treasury's Bessent Calls Out Crypto 'Nihilists' Resisting Market Structure Bill
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned crypto firms opposing regulation to consider moving to El Salvador during a Senate Banking Committee hearing. He backed the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, arguing it is essential for the United States to maintain a...
Gemini to Exit U.K., EU and Australia, Reduce Staff by 25%, and Focus on U.S. and Prediction Markets
Gemini Space Station Inc. announced it will cease operations in the United Kingdom, the European Union and Australia, placing regional accounts into withdrawal mode by early March and fully closing them by April 2026. The crypto exchange is cutting its...
Sovcombank Says It's the First Russian Bank to Offer Bitcoin-Backed Loans to Public
Russia's ninth‑largest bank, Sovcombank, announced it will be the first Russian financial institution to publicly offer bitcoin‑backed loans to individuals and corporations that legally own digital assets. The product follows a pilot by state‑owned Sberbank, which earlier issued a similar...
Solana Foundation's Liu: Focus on Finance, Not Gaming 'Misadventures'
Solana Foundation President Lily Liu told X that blockchains belong in finance, not gaming, dismissing years of consumer‑focused hype. She argued that merely porting apps onto a chain does not create value; true adoption requires new financial markets. Liu will...
Bitcoin's Rising Leveraged Position Points to Continued Dip Buying, but May Not yet Signal Price Bottom
Bitcoin’s leveraged long positions on Bitfinex have surged to about 77,100 BTC, the highest level since December 2023, even as the cryptocurrency slipped below $69,000. Over the past six months, margin longs rose 64% while Bitcoin’s price has dropped nearly 50% from...
Deutsche Bank Says Bitcoin’s Selloff Signals a Loss of Conviction, Not a Broken Market
Deutsche Bank says the recent Bitcoin price plunge reflects waning investor conviction rather than a structural market failure. The bank cites large institutional outflows, diminishing liquidity on major platforms, and a stalled regulatory framework as the primary catalysts. It warns...
EU at Risk of Falling Behind the U.S. in Tokenization Rules, Digital Asset Firms Warn
Eight EU‑regulated digital‑asset firms warned that the bloc’s DLT Pilot Regime is too restrictive and could cause capital‑market activity to migrate to the United States. They cite the U.S. SEC’s recent no‑action letter to DTCC and plans by Nasdaq, NYSE...
Institutions Don't Want More Risk—They Want Bitcoin Yield that Works Like TradFi, Says GlobalStake Co-Founder
Institutional investors are moving away from high‑risk DeFi Bitcoin yield products toward fully collateralized, market‑neutral strategies that mirror traditional finance. GlobalStake co‑founder Thomas Chaffee says the shift is driven by improved controls, infrastructure, and risk profiles rather than a desire...
Ether Treasury ETHZilla Pivots to Real Estate Tokenization with a $4.7 Million Housing Loan Deal
ETHZilla, an Ethereum‑focused treasury firm, announced the purchase of a $4.7 million portfolio of manufactured and modular home loans. The loans, secured by first‑lien mortgages and yielding roughly 10% annually, will be tokenized on an Ethereum layer‑2 solution. The resulting digital...
Crypto Platform Bullish Tops Q4 Estimates, Posts GAAP Loss on Digital Asset Writedowns
Bullish reported adjusted Q4 revenue of $92.5 million, surpassing the $87.8 million consensus, while GAAP earnings showed a $3.73 per‑share loss driven by non‑cash digital‑asset writedowns. The platform logged $64.3 billion in spot‑trading volume and launched an options business that generated $9 billion in...
Brazil Moves to Ban Algorithmic Stablecoins Like Ethena’s USDe
Brazil's Science, Technology and Innovation Committee approved Bill 4.308/2024, which bars the issuance and trading of algorithmic stablecoins such as Ethena’s USDe and Frax. The bill requires all stablecoins operating in Brazil to be fully backed by segregated reserve assets...
Bitcoin Crashes Below $70,000 on Bitstamp
Bitcoin slipped below the $70,000 psychological barrier on Bitstamp, reaching $69,101 during Asian trading. The same period saw Coinbase’s BTC price dip only to $70,002, creating a noticeable exchange discount. The gap is attributed to heightened selling on Robinhood‑owned Bitstamp,...
Multicoin Capital Co-Founder Kyle Samani Steps Down After Nearly a Decade to Pursue Other Areas of Tech
Kyle Samani, co‑founder and managing director of Multicoin Capital, announced his departure after nearly a decade at the firm. He will take time off to explore other technology areas while maintaining personal crypto investments. Samani highlighted the upcoming U.S. Clarity...
U.S. Regulator Declares Do-Over on Prediction Markets, Throwing Out Biden Era 'Frolic'
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, led by newly confirmed Chairman Mike Selig, has formally withdrawn the 2024 proposal that would have banned political event‑contracts and rescinded a September advisory that confused market participants. The move restores regulatory certainty for...
Wall Street Giant CME Group Is Eyeing Its Own 'CME Coin,' CEO Says
CME Group’s CEO Terry Duffy confirmed the firm is evaluating a proprietary cryptocurrency, potentially deployed on a decentralized network. The move follows CME’s ongoing tokenized‑cash project with Google, slated for launch later this year, and aligns with its broader push...
Europe’s Role in the Next Wave of Tokenisation
The tokenisation of real‑world assets surged 260% in H1 2025, reaching $23 billion on‑chain, cementing its role as a cornerstone of institutional blockchain adoption. Major banks such as BlackRock, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are actively exploring tokenised products, yet growth is hampered...
Bitcoin's Correlation with Troubled Software Stock Sector Is Growing
Bitcoin’s price is now moving in lockstep with the software‑focused IGV ETF, as a 30‑day rolling correlation climbs to 0.73. Both assets have underperformed this year—IGV down about 20% and Bitcoin roughly 16%—reflecting a shared exposure to the software sector’s...
Indian Investors Are Buying the Bitcoin Price Dip, CoinDCX Says
Indian investors are shifting from speculative trading to disciplined Bitcoin buying, using systematic investment plans and strategic market orders. CoinDCX reports rising volumes, with trading up 15% from December to January, as investors diversify into Ether, Solana and XRP. The...
Bitcoin Falls Back to $74,000, Remaining on Defense as AI Jitters Shake Tech Sector
Bitcoin slipped below $74,000 on Tuesday, erasing Tuesday’s rebound as weakness in the tech sector weighed on the cryptocurrency market. The Nasdaq 100 fell 1% after a 1.5% drop the previous day, while the iShares Expanded Tech‑Software ETF lost another 4%,...
Spanish Lender BBVA Joins EU Banks' Stablecoin Venture to Challenge Digital Dollars
BBVA, Spain's second‑largest bank with $800 billion in assets, has become the 12th member of the Amsterdam‑based Qivalis consortium, which aims to launch a euro‑pegged stablecoin. The initiative seeks to provide a regulated, bank‑backed alternative to crypto‑native stablecoins that are dominated...
Ripple’s Prime Brokerage Platform Adds Support for Decentralized Exchange Hyperliquid
Ripple announced that its institutional prime brokerage platform, Ripple Prime, now integrates the decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid. The link gives clients on‑chain perpetual liquidity while keeping margin and risk controls inside Ripple Prime, enabling cross‑margining of DeFi derivatives with traditional...
ProShares Unveils First U.S. ETF that Lets You Buy the Top 20 Cryptos at Once
ProShares launched the CoinDesk 20 Crypto ETF (KRYP), the first U.S.-listed fund that tracks the CoinDesk 20 Index covering the twenty largest and most liquid digital assets. The index is market‑cap weighted, subject to concentration caps, and rebalanced quarterly, while excluding stablecoins,...
Opinion Raises $20 Million as Prediction Markets Draw Capital in a Weak Crypto Market
Opinion, a blockchain‑based prediction‑market platform, announced a $20 million pre‑Series A raise backed by investors such as Hack VC and Jump Crypto. The company claims to process about one‑third of global prediction‑market volume, with over $130 million in open interest across categories ranging from macro...
Bitcoin’s Thinnest Price Zone Hints at Extended Stay Between $70,000 and $80,000
Bitcoin has been trading tightly between $70,000 and $79,999 for five straight days, marking a prolonged stay in a historically thin $10,000 bucket that it has occupied only about 35 days in total. The scarcity of on‑chain supply within this...
TRM Labs Hits Unicorn Status in $70 Million Fund Raise with Goldman's Participation
TRM Labs announced a $70 million Series C round that lifts its valuation to $1 billion, officially achieving unicorn status. The round was led by Blockchain Capital with participation from Goldman Sachs, Citi Ventures, Bessemer, Thoma Bravo and Brevan Howard, bringing total capital raised to $220 million. TRM’s...
This Onchain Metric Has Identified the Bitcoin Bottom Every Cycle
The BTC profit‑vs‑loss supply metric compares the amount of Bitcoin held at a cost basis above the current price with the amount held below it. Glassnode reports 11.1 million BTC in profit and 8.9 million in loss, indicating a narrowing gap. Historically,...
Crypto’s Wealthy Investors and Industry Leaders See IPO Hype Waning in 2026
The CfC St. Moritz report shows cryptocurrency IPO enthusiasm fading after a record 2025 that delivered 11 listings and $14.6 billion in capital. Investor confidence has slipped, with fewer respondents feeling as optimistic as last year. Over 100 of the 242...
Bitcoin's 'RSI' Screams Oversold. Here Is What It Means
Bitcoin’s 14‑day relative strength index has slipped below the 30 threshold, flagging oversold conditions as the cryptocurrency trades around the $73,000‑$75,000 support zone. The RSI, a momentum tool invented by J. Welles Wilder Jr., suggests recent sell‑off momentum may be excessive,...
Crypto Darknet Drug Kingpin Rui-Siang Lin Gets 30 Years
U.S. prosecutors sentenced Taiwanese national Rui‑Siang Lin, alleged operator of the Incognito Market darknet drug platform, to 30 years in federal prison. The marketplace moved over $105 million in illicit narcotics between October 2020 and March 2024, completing more than 640,000 transactions and...
CoinDesk Research: U.S. Leads Institutional Crypto, Asia Rules Trading Ahead of Consensus Miami
CoinDesk Research’s Global Digital Asset Adoption Index shows Asia leading in exchange trading volumes, stable‑coin transaction flows, and crypto ownership, while the United States dominates exchange‑traded products, custody infrastructure, and regulatory clarity. The report highlights a structural split: Asia’s retail‑focused,...
‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Warns Bitcoin Plunge Could Trigger $1 Billion Gold, Silver Sell-Off
Michael Burry warned that Bitcoin’s drop below $73,000, a 40% decline, could trigger a cascade of losses across markets. He estimates up to $1 billion in gold and silver positions were liquidated as institutions covered crypto losses. Burry cautions that if...
Canada’s Investment Watchdog Rolls Out Crypto Custody Rules to Avoid Another QuadrigaCX
Canada’s investment regulator CIRO introduced a Digital Asset Custody Framework to tighten crypto custody standards after the QuadrigaCX collapse. The rules require tiered, risk‑based custody arrangements and give CIRO authority to act quickly on hacking, fraud or insolvency risks. Platforms...
Trump's White House Won't Tolerate Attacks on the President in Crypto Bill, Adviser Says
President Donald Trump's White House, through digital‑assets adviser Patrick Witt, has rejected Senate‑drafted anti‑corruption provisions that would single out the president and his family in the pending crypto market‑structure bill. Witt described the proposals, especially those from Sen. Adam Schiff,...
Digital Wallets Will Hold 'Totality' Of People's Assets, Says Franklin Templeton
At the Ondo Summit, Franklin Templeton’s head of innovation Sandy Kaul announced that future asset management will be “wallet‑native,” with all financial assets tokenized in digital wallets. A panel of senior managers from Fidelity, State Street and WisdomTree confirmed that...
XRP Plunges 6% as Bitcoin Drops Under Support, Worsening Downtrend
XRP dropped 6.3% to about $1.54 as Bitcoin slipped below its $27,000 support, sparking a broad crypto sell‑off. The breach of the $1.60 technical floor triggered high‑volume forced selling, preventing a rebound above $1.56. Traders now view the $1.50 level...
Why a $9 Billion Bitcoin Sale by Single Galaxy Client Reignites Quantum Threat Debate
Galaxy Digital disclosed that a single client sold roughly $9 billion worth of Bitcoin, a move framed as estate‑planning and linked to concerns over quantum‑computing threats. The liquidation unfolded over weeks, adding downward pressure to an already volatile market and signaling...
'You Are Not Scaling Ethereum': Vitalik Buterin Issues a Blunt Reality Check to the Biggest Crypto Networks
Vitalik Buterin announced that Ethereum’s original rollup‑centric roadmap no longer makes sense as the main chain’s scaling capabilities improve. He highlighted that layer‑2 networks such as Arbitrum, Optimism and Base have struggled to achieve deeper decentralization. With gas fees low...
Solana to Reach $2,000 by 2030 Despite Recent Plunge to $100, Says Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered’s crypto research head Geoffrey Kendrick projects Solana (SOL) to reach $2,000 by 2030, despite a recent dip to around $100. He trimmed his 2026 price target to $250 from $310 but sees a longer‑term surge driven by stablecoin‑based...
MetaMask Integrates Ondo to Offer 200+ Tokenized U.S. Stocks Inside Crypto Wallet
MetaMask has integrated Ondo Finance’s Global Markets platform to bring more than 200 tokenized U.S. stocks, ETFs and commodities into its self‑custodial wallet. The feature is limited to eligible mobile users in supported non‑U.S. jurisdictions, allowing them to buy and...
Kraken Parent Company Payward Posts 33% Growth in Full-Year Revenue
Payward, the parent of Kraken, reported a 33% jump in adjusted 2025 revenue to $2.2 billion, driven by a 34% rise in transaction volume to $2 trillion. Trading activities generated 47% of revenue, with EBITDA reaching 26% ($531 million). The firm also disclosed...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Bitcoin (BTC) Trades Flat as Index Inches Lower
CoinDesk’s daily update shows the CoinDesk 20 index slipping 0.3% to 2,283.41, with Bitcoin trading flat. Leaders ICP and BNB posted modest gains, while HBAR and XLM led declines, pulling the index lower. Nine of the twenty constituents rose, offsetting the...
TeraWulf Jumps 11% After Buying Power-Rich Kentucky and Maryland Sites
TeraWulf (WULF) surged 11% after announcing the acquisition of two power‑rich sites in Hawesville, Kentucky, and Morgantown, Maryland, boosting its total capacity to 2.8 GW. The Kentucky property adds 1.5 GW of immediate power, while the Maryland facility brings an existing 210 MW...
Flare Unveils New Way for XRP Holders to Earn Yield Through a Massive DeFi Upgrade
Flare blockchain launched a DeFi upgrade that enables lending and borrowing of FXRP through an integration with the Morpho protocol. The new functionality allows XRP holders to earn yield by depositing FXRP or to borrow assets such as stablecoins using...
Galaxy Digital Shares Decline 6% After $482 Million Q4 Loss
Galaxy Digital reported a $482 million net loss for Q4 2025, pushing its shares down more than 6 % in pre‑market trading. The loss stemmed from falling cryptocurrency prices and a one‑time $160 million expense. Despite the quarterly deficit, the firm posted $426 million...
Strategy Slides Toward Eighth Straight Monthly Decline
Strategy (MSTR) is on track for an eighth straight monthly decline, with the stock down about 7% in February and 75% from its November 2024 peak. The company’s multiple to net asset value (mNAV) sits at 1.09, allowing it to...
Bitcoin and Ether Are Tanking, but DeFi Investors Are Refusing to Cave to the Panic
Bitcoin and ether have plunged to multi‑year lows, dragging major crypto prices down sharply. Despite the sell‑off, decentralized finance’s total value locked (TVL) slipped only 12%, from $120 billion to $105 billion, outpacing the broader market decline. Ether deployed in DeFi rose...
Moscow Exchange to Add SOL, XRP, and TRX Futures Contracts to Crypto Derivatives Lineup
The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) will add cash‑settled futures for Solana, XRP and Tron, expanding its crypto derivatives lineup beyond Bitcoin and Ether. The contracts will be based on newly created token indices and settled in rubles, with trading limited to...
